EnableSharingAddin

Sharing Add-In Is Not Available

Description

In some cases Outlook may disable the Zimbra Sharing Add-In. The Sharing Add-In is what enables you to share folders with others and access the contents other users have shared with you. If Outlook disabled the Sharing Add-In, you must manually enable it.

Symptoms

You don't see the sharing tab in the folder properties dialog

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You don't see the 'Other Users Mailbox' in the 'File'->'Open' menu

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Resolution

Verify the Sharing AddIn is not disabled:

  • If you are using a version older than 4.0.273
 * Navigate to Help->About->Disabled Items
 * If Zimbra Sharing AddIn appears, select it and click the Enable button
  • If you are using version 4.0.273 or newer
 * Find the following registry key and set its value to 3
 * HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\Addins\SharingAddin.Addin\LoadBehavior
 

Verify the Zimbra Client Extension is enabled:

  • Navigate to Tools->Options->Other->Advanced Options->AddIn Manager
  • Verify Zimbra Client Extension is Enabled
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